That evening.
A backup knight and guard arrived from the city, plus several adventurers.
The crusaders will return to the city tomorrow, as the sun rises.
When I am resting on the stone that was rolling on my side after the job I was asked to do, I notice a shadow approaching me and give him a face.
"Hey, that was a tough fight."
It was Mr. Nevan, the only second-degree adventurer in the city of Rhiano, who had spoken so loudly.
I greet her back gently and then return the words.
"Right. One incredible thing happened after another. Mr. Nevan, why are you here?
When I heard the story, it looked like I rushed straight back to the city of Rhiano this morning with those legs that I had finished my escort request.
"I don't think anything has changed where I was alone, but when I hear that a lot of my city buddies were born and raised, they don't have to stay or stand..."
Unlike me, I'm talking about Mr. Nevan, who has a long history of adventurers and a wide face.
I'm sure most of the deceased will know each other.
When I thought about Mr. Nevan's feelings like that, I felt kind of very nasty.
"Nah - hungry ghosts cared about me a while ago! You survived. Tighten your chest! Otherwise the deceased won't be able to travel in peace!
After that, I talked to Mr. Nevan a little bit and thanked him for being inspired the other way around before breaking up.
In the end, we had a quiet time that day and nothing happened and we had our morning.
The camp lit by the morning burn was so beautiful, I didn't think there was a spectacular battle going on here yesterday.
Everyone blossoms into conversations that are nothing, doing their assigned work as usual and sometimes joking, as if nothing had happened.
Those who engage in battle in this world are truly strong.
It was a morning when I was made to feel it strongly and renewed my determination that I had to be stronger myself.
"We are now returning to the city of Rhiano more than this!
After a brief greeting, Brother Fine says yes, and the Crusaders leave as planned with those who take over.
And we never encountered a demon on the way, and that night we arrived in the city of Rhiano.
Ten days were about to pass since that epic battle.
It is true that this battle, which left many people deeply scarred, was due to the demonic stampede, but the truth about it, such as the Saigou thing that started it, was announced on the ground.
However, it is difficult for the knights to completely block the mouths of the guards and adventurers anyway, and already in the city liquor stores and so forth, the story of the demonic emergence and the masked adventurer who defeated it was whispered everywhere.
In the meantime, me and Yuina had been coming to the Adventurer's Guild for a long time.
We discussed it with Yuina last night and decided to get something first in order to move forward.
knocking at the door of the guild, the two of us headed to the request reception,
"Ah! Mr. Tris, Mr. Yuina! It was just fine! If I couldn't make it by noon, I'd be sending it to the inn."
That's what I said, and Mr. Ridley called me as I waved.
When I exchange my gaze with Yuina and then the two of us go to the reception, they show me to the Guildmaster's room on the third floor where I have business.
"Excuse me. I've brought you two to the Hidden Sword."
When Mr. Ridley said that and knocked on the door, he said from the inside, "I don't mind. Please come in," my voice replied.
When you enter the room, you can hear from across the desk loaded with tons of paperwork.
"You've come a lot. Don't just stand there, well, sit there."
Encouraged by Johanns, the city's guild master, me and Yuina sit back on the couch that was in front of the desk.
Inside, thinking that the quality was better than the couch in our house, whatever it was, Mr. Johanns, who appropriately separated himself from the paperwork, stretched and then somewhat lowered his back on the couch opposite him.
"You kept me waiting. Are you going to take a request (quest) today for coming to the Alliance?
Since returning from that crusade expedition, there have been many things to verify, discussions with my father, Brother Fine, and Master Snore, so this was the first time I have come to the Adventurers Guild since the day I returned.
"Yes. I thought I'd take something easy to shoulder get used to first"
"Right. Well, I'm sorry, but we'll see about that."
"Yes...... Huh? What do you mean?
I accidentally replied, but suddenly I don't understand you asking me to do it again.
"Actually. The Second Princess has spoken to the Adventurer Alliance in confidence... and the Adventurer Alliance has decided to fully support the activities of the two of you" Hidden Swords "."
What the hell is Mr. Johanns talking about......
I didn't even know why the Adventurer Alliance would be talking about full support in the first place.
Besides, Master Snore... didn't you say that less is better to know the secrets?
If you look next door, Yuina also has her mouth open and solidified.
I know how it feels, but the beautiful girl is ruined because of it, let's keep her mouth shut...
In the meantime, having returned in a few seconds, I decided to press and close Yuina's jaw from the bottom and then ask Mr. Johanns why.
"How the hell did you get into that...?
After she gave me a slight disturbing gesture, Mr. Johanns began to tell me why so much.
Suddenly, it was four days ago that Master Snore visited this Adventurer Alliance.
Me and Yuina had a discussion with Master Snore at the Lordship Hall five days ago, so that means the next day.
And he told me that what he was going to talk about now was information that he had decided to treat as a state secret, and he pushed his mind that he was going to be bound by confidentiality, and then he started talking.
"You already know what that is, don't you?
"Are you saying we're masked adventurers..."
"Oh, and that lady is a summoner from another world, a brave candidate... Demon race, no, a demon god candidate too"
If you noticed, I had my hands on the Devil's Sword.
"Just calm down, I'm not taking anything and eating it. Just calm down and talk to the end."
"Oh, no, I'm sorry..."
"I don't think that's about it when you're young. We'll keep talking about it."
I get a little embarrassed and snort back silently.
"What about the lady there? The Second Princess says it's important to shape the future of this world."
"Me...?
"They do, don't they? I don't know."
That said, Mr. Johanns has a smile that people like that doesn't look good on his tough face.
"If you just want to protect it, you can hide it somewhere in the King's Capital, but the trouble is, Tris, I have to grow up with you to attract 'a good future'."
They say this is advice from the star chanters of this country, and their credibility seems very high.
"There you go, Tris. It's your ability."
"My abilities? is it?"
"That's right. You have the ability to defeat the legendary Demon Clan."
I've been out of town a couple of times since then and asked Yuina to help me figure out how powerful I am.
And I was sure he was still capable of something unusual and unthinkable.
"But we're both overwhelmingly inexperienced, including you."
"Right. I've tried my powers over the past few days, but I haven't been able to use them well yet, and there's a lot of things I need to remember, such as judging the situation when I have to."
It's only natural that you lack experience because you've just become an adventurer.
"For the princess to say." Gaining experience together and growing up "is going to open the way to a good future. They need to have a lot of experience traveling around the country to do that."
That's what I was going to do originally, so I don't have a problem with that, but I'm kind of worried that Mr. Johanns is a little nibbly...
"But the lady there is likely to be targeted for her life by the Holy Kingdom and the rest of the summoners. Right there. As an Adventurer's Guild, I'm officially acknowledging (...) your activities while masking you as' heroes' in this country, so I can hide your qualities and fully back you up."
"Become!? Are you telling me to put on my mask and work publicly!?
"Ha ha... I was just wondering if that could happen..."
"It's in the first place. Normally, you can't use that power while you're working as a 'Hidden Sword', can you? It will be a little cumbersome to work with, but good luck. Masked Adventurer (...)"
Thus it was decided that Me and Yuina would begin to take a new path as a rookie adventurer party, The Hidden Sword, and as a masked adventurer.
It was decided...
Having finished our conversation with Mr. Johanns, and as masked adventurers (...) requested, we were leaving the Adventurer's Guild and walking down the boulevard leading out of the city.
Even though it was a request, for the moment it was about training me to use my abilities and practicing Uina's light magic training at a training facility outside the city that the Alliance prepared for me.
"Tris. Something happened to me, you suddenly became an intermediate adventurer..."
Yes, it is.
Me and Yuina had become D-ranked intermediate adventurers because of the body's recognition of this achievement.
But that was trivial.
"Right... if I put on a mask, they'll treat me like an A-rank..."
I was thinking something. It's not like adventurer life! And I just want to say it out loud, but I know a lot of circumstances, so I get it, so I feel extra bored.
"Oh yeah..."
Yuina also smiles bitterly as she makes her cheeks snap slightly.
Think of it, from that horn rat herd, it was the beginning of everything that saved Yuina.
If the two of them hadn't met at that time, Yuina would have been in danger, but I'm sure I, no, the Crusaders, as well as the city of Rhiano, would have all been devoured by stampede.
"Yuina... I have it now because I met you. Thank God."
When I said that and put my hand on Yuina's dark hair, I was a little embarrassed and stroked and misled.
"Hia!? Hey, what are you talking about?
Dye your cheeks bright red and then continue blurring, "The handsome man in this world is a bad tach..."
But Yuina turns into a serious voice color there.
"But, Tris. That's not true."
Not knowing what was the difference, and looking into those eyes with a slight glance, Yuina rushed off her gaze,
"I'm the one who needs to thank you. So... let me thank you."
"Thank you so much" when I said that and offered my head deeply, I've been telling him how straight I feel.
"Well, then, why don't we just say we appreciate each other?
I got kind of hot on my chest, and when I put my hands behind my head, it was like that. [M]
"Well, that's the thing, keep it up!
"Hehe. I don't know what that is, but it's my pleasure!
I still don't know much about the world or the demon gods, but when I let this straight girl from another world protect me, it was the moment I made a vow in my heart.